Green’s Dictionary of Slang

a thief; also as adj., thieving.

1594		Gesta Grayorum in J. Nichols Progresses and Processions of Queen Elizabeth (1823) III 309: An Esquire of the Prince’s Company, attended by a Tartarian Page.
1608		Merry Devil of Edmonton I i: There’s not a Tartarian Nor a Carrier, shall breathe vpon your geldings.
1612		J. Taylor Laugh and Be Fat 43: And such are you you damn’d Tartarian whelps.
1640		The Wandering Jew 63: If any theeving Tartarian shall break in upon you, I will with both hands nimbly lend a cast of my office to him.